pins and needles

pins and needles

English

Noun

pins and needles

1. (informal) A tingling or prickling sensation, felt in a limb when a nerve compression is relieved and in other situations.

   Synonym: paresthesia

   • 1990, S. DelPin Failla; V. Fox, Ask the O.R. (number 6), volume 90, The American Journal of Nursing, page 18:

     The sensations caused by the loss of this nerve vary from numbness or "pins and needles" to severe pain.

Derived terms

• on pins and needles

Translations

tingling felt in limb

Catalan: formigueig (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 發麻／发麻 (zh) (fāmá) Czech: mravenčení n Danish: snurrer og stikker Finnish: kihelmöinti (fi) French: fourmis (fr), avoir des fourmis dans les jambes (fr) Galician: formigo (gl) m Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Ameisenlaufen n Hungarian: zsibbadás (hu), zsibbadtság (hu), bizsergés (hu) Irish: codladh driúraic m, codladh gliúragáin m, codladh grifín m, diúracas m, eanglach m Italian: formicolio (it) m Manx: cadley jargan m Maori: kerekerewai, kēkerewai Portuguese: formigamento m Russian: пока́лывание (ru) n (pokályvanije) Spanish: hormigueo (es) m Turkish: karıncalanma (tr)

See also

• obdormition